Trump makes case to avoid $370 million in fines as civil fraud trial comes to a close

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Friday said former President Donald Trump should be forced to pay $370 million in penalties for misrepresenting his net worth on official business statements, jumping from the $250 million amount proposed when the civil lawsuit was first filed.

The new sum sought by James comes as the monthslong civil lawsuit against the Trump Organization is coming to a close. James is asking for more because of additional evidence of "ill-gotten gains" Trump and his family earned by submitting fraudulent statements to banks and insurers, the attorney general argued in court filings.